Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver (Shinbei no hiyakasare), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver (Shinbei no hiyakasare), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô)

Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver (Shinbei no hiyakasare), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô)

「日本万歳　百撰百笑　清兵の冷やかされ」

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28), February

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 × 25.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.209

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tikotin Mus., Winds of War (2019), pp. 114-5

DescriptionThe title of this design utilizes a play on the meanings of hiyakasu, "to chill" or "to laugh at." The series title, literally "One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs," is a pun on the expression "One Hundred Battles, One Hundred Victories" (both pronounced "Hyakusen hyakushô").

Signed Kiyochika
清親

Marks Artist's seal

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.